Ultrafast magnetization reversal dynamics investigated by time domain imaging

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 728-731

  Choi, B C ^a   Belov, M ^a   Hiebert, W K ^a   Ballentine, G E ^a   Freeman, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SOLID STATE LASERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

MAGNETIZATION OSCILLATION; MODE LOCKED LASER; SCANNING KERR MICROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN IMAGING; TITANIUM SAPPHIRE LASER; TRANSVERSE BIAS FIELD; ULTRAFAST MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL DYNAMICS;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 0035134175     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.728     Document Type: Article

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